We were on a hiking trip in the Austrina Alps in the Silvretta/Montafon area. This was why I missed the best new moon series of the year in my hometown which I regretted very much. But as I had the Astrotracer with me my wife and me drove up the spectacular Silvretta High Alpine Road at night to try some starscapes in the mountains. The plan was to shoot the landscape in the blue hour one night and the milkyway separate to do a composition when back home. But as soon as I was ready for shooting clouds began to roll in. This was the situation:
Pentax K3ii and Sigma 10-20 mm 4-5.6 at 10 mm, single 30s Iso 1600 shot with the Astrotracer on.
I decided to wait and pointed the camera to the zenith meanwhile. Single shot of the Sadr region with the Andromeda galaxy at 2 o'clock (10 mm, 120s at F4.0, ISO 800):
The wind was furious and the temperatures dropped soon. And because the camera pointed high up I did not notice how crazy the distortion was. I did 8 shots and we drove home because more and more clouds came by and we got cold.
I stacked the images with the actual Sequator (DSS delivered weird results). I can not show the result here yet because the export from Lightroom is blurry in the PentaxForums album for some reason I don't understand.
Under the balance the images show that the Astrotracer is a great tool and that I need a better lens for starscapes.
The next nights were a bit cloudy. The day before yesterday I did another try with the Astrotracer in the outskirts of the small alpine town Brand. We are back home. I will share the results the next days.
Cheers Pete